Ells Fld/Willits Municipal
O28 · Willits, California · Mendocino County · map
Ells Fld/Willits Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Willits, 3 miles northwest of Willits, California, 2,066 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,705 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA O28
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Willits
- Elevation
- 2,066 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,705 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: trees 11 ft high 240 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 38 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Ukiah and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.2 |
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Aircraft registered in Willits from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Willits, California: 17 piston singles, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Dusk to dawn. Beacon out of service indefinitely.
- Deer and turkeys on and in the vicinity of runway.
- Activate PAPI runway 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Banner towing
- Fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
- Aircraft not visible from opposite ends of the runway.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.